How do Compton--Thick Seyferts Reprocess Their Energy?

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Mar 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008head...10.3305r&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #10, #33.05

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Though 50 Compton--thick AGN have been identified at low redshift by BeppoSAX and Chandra, no bolometric templates have been published, so there is no empirical handle on how the absorbed optical/UV/X-ray light is reprocessed. Thus, one cannot yet estimate the contribution of Compton--thick AGN to the cosmic IR background, nor test whether the power inferred to have been absorbed actually re-emerges in the infrared. To address these issues, for nine Compton--thick AGN whose host galaxies have low star formation rates, we have obtained exceptional spectral coverage from 0.3 to 160 micron using Spitzer, the duPont 2.3m, and the Bok 2.3m. In this contribution, I will present bolometric spectral energy distributions, compare to the intrinsic X-ray luminosities, and discuss the energy balance.

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